The Unicorn from the Stars

author William Butler Yeats (Dublin, Ireland, 1865 - 1939, Roquebrune, France)

author Lady Gregory (Roxborough, Ireland, 1852 - 1932, Coole, Ireland)

designer Althea Gyles (Bath, 1867 - 1949, Beckenham)

publisher Macmillan Company (active New York, 1896 - 1965)

printer Norwood Press (active Norwood, Massachusetts, 1894 - )

Date1908

Place MadeUnited States, North America

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions20 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 1 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number9.b.1.4

eMuseum ID729886

EmbARK ObjectID19275

TMS Source ID6729

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionxiii, 210 p. 20 cm.

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesMackenzie Ensley, “Lady Augusta Gregory: One of Isabella's Pen Pals,” Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 September 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/lady-augusta-gregory-one-isabellas-pen-pals

MarksNotesSigned in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): I.S. Gardner / Sept. 1911 -
Inscribed in pencil (inside back cover, top left): 1.50 / net
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Alice Forbes Hooper on 29 October 1911 (ARC.002047)
Enclosed: Newsclipping of an announcement of the production of "Kathleen ni Houlihan," 20th century (ARC.007823)

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Old Corner Bookstore, Boston for $1.50 on 26 September 1911.